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After A. C. Lovett (fl.1880-1900)- Framed Watercolour, Skinner s Horse Regiment

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A charming early 19th century watercolour depicting a Hussar officer being greeted in a reception room. Signed illegibly to the lower right. Inscribed with title and c.1814 verso. Pr...

A charming portrait study of two working horses wearing their heavy collars and harnesses. With only a few careful brushstrokes the artist has managed to capture so much character an...

Orlando Norie. Scottish ( b.1832 - d.1901 ). Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Officer. Watercolor. Signed Lower Right. Image size: 5.9 inches x 4.1 inches ( 15cm x 10.5cm ). Frame size: 11.4 inches x 9.3 inches ( 29cm x 23.5cm ). Available for sale; this original painting is by Orlando Norie and dates from the 1870s. The watercolor is presented and supplied in a sympathetic contemporary frame (which is shown in these photographs), mounted using conservation materials and behind non-reflective Tru Vue UltraVue® UV70 glass. This antique painting is in very good condition, commensurate with its age. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display. The watercolor is signed lower right. Orlando Norie is considered to have been one of the foremost illustrators of the British army in the 19th century, with thousands of watercolors to his credit in public and private collections. His pictures are highly sought after and command high prices. He was a descendant of the celebrated Edinburgh family of artists and designers, son of Sir Robert Norie and a descendant of James Norie the Elder. He was born in Bruges, and may have spent time with his family in France and Belgium. From about 1870 he produced works from a rented studio close to the army barracks in Aldershot, but also travelled and was active in Dunkirk. Lithographs were made from his drawings of the battles of the Alma, Balaklava and Inkerman in the Crimean War. © Big Sky Fine Art Norie is best known for his prolific output of battle paintings and accurate and detailed illustrations of military...

Cavalry is a beautiful watercolor on paper, realized in the mid-XIX century by Théodore Géricaul Fort (1810 - 1896). Hand-signed in brown ink on the lower right corner. A knight is portrayed in his uniform and galloping on a beautiful Arabian stallion, with the trumpet on his shoulders, ready to give the signal to attack to the cavalry. In excellent conditions, with shiny colors, including a white cardboard passepartout (49.5 x 34 cm). A very interesting artwork for a connoisseur of the militaria genre! Theodore Géricaul Fort (1810 - 1896), Simeone Fort's son, belonged to the French school of the XIX century; Théodore Fort...